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She also recounts a time when she 'naively' offered to get him an agent - which he 'graciously declined', explaining he was 'in good hands'.

Ms Mucci admired Mr Cavill not only for his
good looks - 'He was, without a doubt, the most handsome person I'd ever
seen in real life,' she wrote - but also for his disarming kindness.

'It was incredible to see how kind he
was with this big 100-plus pound, wolf-like dog that intimidated most
people,' she said of his relationship with Buddy.

Friendship: The writer (pictured with Mr Cavill in 2011) said she had no idea how successful he would become, and even insisted on paying him to walk her dog. 'After all, he was a struggling actor, right?' she wrote

'I was simply the lucky bystander of
their friendship,' she added. But the next time she called Mr Cavill to walk
her dog, she couldn't reach him.

When he finally got back to her a few
weeks later, he apologized for not helping and explained that he had
been 'overseas auditioning for Bond,' causing Ms Mucci to finally put two
and two together.

'It was incredible to see how kind he
was with this big 100-plus pound, wolf-like dog'

'Wait,
what? Bond? James Bond? Who was this guy? And how embarrassed should I
be that I had asked him to walk my dog???' she wrote of her reaction at
the time.

Suddenly, "Hot Henry" - who was
second in line behind Daniel Craig to play James Bond - landed a
starring role on Showtime's The Tudors, and quickly became a big shot
Hollywood star.

'It still doesn't seem real,' she said of his whirlwind transition from her 'friend-slash-backup dog walker.'

Grounded: When she saw the actor at a press event, he stopped to ask about Buddy. 'Despite all that had changed in his life, he was still. . . as humble and thoughtful as ever,' she wrote

Fortunately, though, he apparently did not let his success go to his head.

When
Ms Mucci saw him at a press event a year and a half ago, she says he
stopped to give her a hug, and immediately asked about Buddy.

'Henry Cavill has always been super - and now finally the world gets to see it'

'Despite all that had changed in his life, he was still the same Henry - as humble and thoughtful as ever,' she wrote.

Before they parted ways, he told her quietly: 'I miss buddy,' and 'my heart melted,' she remembers.

'I can say firsthand that Henry Cavill,
aka the Man of Steel, is as beautiful on the inside as he is on the
outside,' she wrote. 'He has always been super - and now finally the
world gets to see it.'